Welcome to Living in a Bookworld, which basically is a blog full of what else but books. Here, you can find and read reviews about books from the young adult, fiction and not, and sometimes the adult section. Also, every month is going to be dedicated to an author or two. You will be able to see the new books that come out every week as well. Let the book journey begin!

Sidney
Sinclair was living the dream of any eighteen year-old girl...
A handsome rock star boyfriend, a closet full of designer clothes, a
limousine service at her beck and call, and a mansion in the hills of
Los Angeles.
Even will all of that glamour and excitement at her fingertips, she
still feels as if she's been missing something in her life so she
decides to leave. While
trying her best to put her dysfunctional romantic relationship aside
and tend to her beloved Granny, Sidney unexpectedly stumbles upon an
intriguing emerald pendant boxed away in her grandmother's closet.
Soon she learns it once belonged to her long-lost mother who committed
suicide when she was just a baby. Suddenly feeling emotionally connected
to the woman who had birthed her, Sidney begins to wear the necklace.
This sends her on a whirlwind journey that alternates between fantasy
and reality...

Almost
immediately, she starts having dreams linked to the mysterious pendant.
As danger begins to seep into her life, Sidney refuses to remove the
necklace and instead documents each dream to help her further understand
them. However, she soon begins to wonder if they are dreams meant to
bond her to a mother who she never knew?
Or a subconscious warning that threatens her very life?

Then I noticed someone approaching my line. As I turned to greet the
new customer my heart stopped as my eyes drank in the sight of pure
perfection. I couldn’t breathe. The instant attraction I had felt for
this stranger was overwhelming.

I just stood there frozen, completely
stupefied and unable to move. Our eyes locked on each other as if we
were setting up for a fatal duel. We were both frozen in time, waiting
on the other to make the first move.

He wasn’t very tall, five feet nine at the most. But his face made up for the height he lacked.

He
had a pale, round face that was shaped like a heart with a high
forehead and dark eyebrows that cast a shadow over his big green eyes.
He had a tiny mouth with perfectly lined white teeth.

His hair was
straight and jet black. It was messy and slightly long, reaching his
neckline, as it defiantly fell in his face. My mind focused on one thing
only.

His eyes. They were the same eyes that had been haunting my dreams for the past six months. The pendant eyes.

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About Cynthia Austin

Cynthia
Austin lives in Northern California with her husband, two boys, and
Olde English Bulldogge named Count Dogula. They love all things horror,
gothic, and Victorian which prompts her friends to dub them as “The
Adams Family.”

She
is an avid reader who may be slightly obsessed with music. She hears
music in a way that she believes the artist intended it to be heard:
visually, with a storyline that follows. Listening to the songs by her
favorite artists, she was inspired to write her first series titled “The
Pendant.”

Cynthia
has been published twice in The Writer’s Monthly Magazine as well as
the online news site, Yahoo! Voices. She currently attends Diablo Valley
College, in Pleasant Hill, California, where she is working to achieve
her degree in English.